KAPS News, April 21st

Welcome to the April 21st, 2010 edition of the KAPS Newsletter.

In this issue:
*KAPS Professional Foodies Continues!!!
*Community Service Event: Volunteer at Koreatown Oakland CultureFest
*KCCSF Event: "Korea: Out of North" Screening
*ABL Event: Member Development Forum
*Teaching Positions Available at Summit Academy
*Earth Week: Plant Trees by Buying Underwear!

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KAPS Professional Foodies Continues!!!

Who has dreamed of living in another country...tasting the local food and making friends with those who speak a different language?
It's one thing to visit another country, but entirely another to stay for months or years. However, as professionals, does it help or hinder one's career? And for Korean-Americans, is Korea a good option? Whether you are interested in working or have already worked abroad, please join us to discuss these questions and many more at our 2nd professional dinner!

Details for Dinner #2

Where: Chez Papa Bistrot, 1401 18th St (in Portrero Hill), San Francisco, CA 94118

*http://http://www.chezpapasf.com/bistrot/home.html

When: Wednesday, April 28th @ 7pm.
Reservation: Please contact Min Lee at min@kaps.org if your are interested in attending by Sunday, April 25th.

*Paid members will be given priority over non-paid members.

Please RSVP as early as possible as we had a full table for our 1st dinner!

The Basics

We will be organizing monthly dinners for members to come together and enjoy conversation over delicious food in a casual atmosphere.
Seating will be limited to a maximum of 10 (members given preference over non-members).
We will also be choosing a topic of conversation to discuss to keep things interesting so if you attend, please come prepared to state your opinion!

*Depending upon the topic, we will have special guests join us for dinner.

Restaurant and conversation topic will change for every dinner so please keep looking for future dinner locales and themes.
Dinner cost will be shared by the table. Alcohol will be the responsibility of each individual.

Community Service Event: Volunteer at Koreatown Oakland CultureFest

Oakland's CultureFest returns for a second full-day celebration of the rich diversity of Oakland's people. Already a large event in 2009, this year's CultureFest will be much grander and include:

Multiple stages with music from different cultures
Martial arts high-action demonstrations
Dance styles from around the world
Children's rides & games
Community bazaar and non-profit fundraising
Local artists and vendors
Car show
Photography and karaoke contests
Beer garden
Food, food, food

KAPS will be organizing a group of volunteers for this big celebration day. You can sign up for time slots anywhere from 8am to 8pm helping out in ways like these:

Festival decoration
Art monitor
Exhibit / vendor booths
Entertainer parking lot
Festival monitors
KoreaTown info booth / sales
Children's area
Clean-up / take-down
Radio dispatcher
Refreshment (beer) garden
Bazaar
Car show
Martial arts / dance stage

Contact us to get the volunteer form that you'll need to turn in by May 1. The sooner you give back the form, the sooner you can get your first choice(s) of volunteer positions!

For more details
*Ask us on our Facebook page.
*Email festival@koreatownnorthgate.org.
*Or call the event HQ at (510) 436-6672 or (510) 648-2337

KCCSF Event: "Korea: Out of North" Screening

The Korean Cultural Center of San Francisco (KCCSF) is proud to present a Korean Documentary Film Screening on North Korean Refugees. This is also sponsored by the International Center of San Francisco Public Library.

Hunger is driving more and more North Koreans to escape to China, crossing a river frontier at the mercy of traffickers and corrupt police. KCCSF will preset extraordinary footage of the traffic, shot by South Korean’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper. Following the film, Peter Beck, Pantech Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Asian Pacific Research Center, will speak. Screenings are free and open to the public.

“On the Border” is the documentary film that sums up the human right issues on North Korean defectors. Ten months filming undercover on the Chinese side of the river bordering North Korea. This film follows the long journey of those who make it to freedom and some of those who don’t. The documentary was produced in 2008 in English (101 min.) The documentary has drawn worldwide acclaim, winning 14 awards both in South Korea and abroad.

San Francisco Public Main Library, Lower Level, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA

Saturday, April 24, 2010
2:00pm - 4:30pm

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Diane Shin at diane@kccsf.org

ABL Event: Member Development Forum

Business League of San Francisco (ABL-SF) is proud to announce our Member Development Forum (MDF) – designed to facilitate our members’ professional development by having you present your issues directly to expert panel members and the audience.

Our first (of three) Forum will focus on the topic of Sales and Marketing.
Regardless of whether you are a small business owner, sales and/or marketing professional, directly or indirectly involved in sales/marketing, or would simply like to learn how to best market your products or services, you are sure to walk away with valuable information that you can apply immediately.

1. Submit your TOP QUESTION: At the time of your online registration, you will be given a chance to submit one question that you would like answered during the Forum. Our staff will group rank-order those questions based on similarity and frequency and include them for discussion during the Forum.

2. Get your ANSWER from our panelists and audience members: During the Forum, your questions will be presented to panelists and audience members for discussion. Powerful solutions will come from the collective expertise and experiences of all present.

3. Learn from others: At the end of the Forum, we will break out into small groups based on issue-categories to allow members to exchanges ideas, solutions, and contact information for future collaboration.

Panelists:

Ben Cardenas – As a Registered Representative with a Fortune 500 insurance company, Ben has over 20 years of business experience in sales, marketing, and business development. Ben understands the needs and dynamics of his clients. His experience providing key account management and advisory services for clients like Cisco Systems, Google, Applied Materials, Cable and Wireless, KLA Tencor, and AOL has earned him multiple awards and recognition for his achievements. A graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Ben has both Series 6 and 66 licenses for California and Nevada.

Peter D’Errico – Few people demonstrate a passion for sales like Pete D’Errico. A motivated, creative and versatile business sales executive with over 15 years of experience achieving President’s Clubs and exceeding sales goals, Pete is an energetic and confident team-builder, able to motivate and communicate to achieve exceptional performance out of his team and himself. Pete identifies the big picture, asks the questions and listens his way into a client’s inner circle, understanding their business challenges and delivering results.

Edwin Okamura – Edwin is president, board member and investor in Pipeline. Prior to joining Pipeline in 2006 as vice president of marketing, Edwin served as vice president of marketing and client services for Rainmaker Systems (NASDAQ: RMKR). During his tenure, revenue increased 20%+ quarter over quarter, and became profitable for the first time as a publicly traded company. Before his promotion to Rainmaker's executive staff, he served as Partner for QuarterEnd, Inc., a company that he co-founded and scaled to $12 million in revenue. Edwin is also an avid marathoner and a wine enthusiast. He founded www.winelistguru.com and authored several articles on the subject.

When/Where/How much:
Date:Thursday, April, 29th, 2010
Time:6:00 – 8:00 pm PST
Location:PG&E (Room 323) – 77 Beale Street, San Francisco
Cost:Free

Program Details: **Refreshments and light snack will be provided
6:00 – 6:30pm Registration and Networking
6:30 – 7:30pm Program
7:30 – 8:00pm Post-Forum Break-Out Group Discussion

Seating is strictly limited to 45 so reserve your seat now!

To register, please follow the steps below:
To register, please send an email to Scott Fong – sfong@siffinvestment.com – using the following format:

Email subject line: Please type “MDF”
Email body: Write your top question (only 1) to be addressed during the Forum – See sample questions below.
Also include: Your Full name
Company name (current or former)
Profession – e.g., Retail, Attorney, Financial Advisor, etc.
A short description of your typical client (1 sentence)

Sample Questions:
1. Face-time: I am in insurance sales and my greatest challenge is to set up meetings with prospective clients. As the majority of them are busy, I find it very challenging to find a time that works for both of us. Can you recommend some strategies to get face-time with prospects?

2. Too pushy? What are some questions that I can ask without being to pushy to a prospect to help identify whether they are moving along the sales route, or am I just wasting my time?

3. Shoe-string budget marketing: I have a small business selling management consulting services. What marketing avenue would help me get the biggest bang for my buck?

Job Posting: Teaching Positions Available at Summit Academy

Summit Academy has been helping Bay Area high school students achieve their maximum potential in SAT tests over the past six years - and now we're looking for talented people to help us carry on our tradition!

Are you great with teenagers?
Do you enjoy presenting before an audience?
Are you strong in math problem solving, essay writing or English grammar?
Have you achieved high percentile scores in SAT, GRE or LSAT?
If you answered YES to at least 3 of the 4 questions, we want you!

Both positions (see below) require two-hour lectures on two Saturdays a month. On average per week, we anticipate the preparation time and company activities participation time will add up to 1.5 hours. We offer a great compensation package including opportunities for sizable bonuses.

Experienced instructors will be guiding with material selection and teaching methods.

If you are interested, please send your resume at Soojin.Jang@gmail.com

SAT Instructor - English

Duties are to:
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Accumulate specialized materials for outside reading and homework.
- Evaluate and grade students' classwork, assignments, and papers.
- Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Maintain student attendance records and keep track of each student's progress.
- Collaborate with colleagues to address any issues that may arise when teaching.
- Participate in occasional open-to-public lectures.
- Participate in student recruitment and placement activities.
- Train and supervise student instructors.
- Attend one staff meeting a month.
- Advise students on extracurricular activities, college application process and/or professional career development.

SAT Instructor - Math

Duties are to:
- Compile lecture notes and deliver engaging, coherent lectures.
- Coach students individually and in a group setting.
- Study and utilize the most appropriate learning strategies.
- Accumulate specialized materials for outside reading and homework.
- Evaluate and grade students' classwork, assignments, and papers.
- Collaborate with colleagues to address any issues that may arise when teaching.
- Participate in occasional open-to-public lectures.
- Attend one staff meeting a month.
- Advise students on extracurricular activities, college application process and/or professional career development.

Any interested parties should contact Soojin.Jang@gmail.com.

Earth Week: Plant Trees by Buying Underwear!

Want to be green and help the Earth this week? Well, you can purchase organic cotton underwear from PACT and plant trees in Africa.

This Earth Week, PACT is partnering with The Green Belt Movement to plant a forest. They've launched a special Green Belt print and April 16th - 25th, with each purchase they'll give 100% of the proceeds to plant 10,000 trees. That means, when you buy 1 pair of underwear and you are planting 20 trees at the same time!

Help spread the word through Facebook and Twitter. Just click on the links below to update your Facebook status and retweet this easy way to help the earth.

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INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN KAPS?

KAPS is always on the lookout for people interested in getting the most out of their KAPS experience. We are looking for volunteers to plan social events, coordinate community service events, serve as guest speakers, monitor the website, and improve the overall KAPS member experience. We are also looking for contributors to our newsletters and website, in the form of job postings, professional advice, and relevant news.

If you are interested in becoming an officer, contributing to newsletters, or assisting with an event, please contact andrew@kaps.org.

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